Biology:Momphidae

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Short description: Family of moths

Momphidae
Mompha.idaei.jpg
Mompha idaei
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Clade: Eulepidoptera
Clade: Ditrysia
Clade: Apoditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Momphidae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1857
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Momphina Herrich-Schäffer, 1857
  • Momphinae Zimmerman, 1978[1]
  • Lavernidae Wocke, 1871
  • Psacaphorinae Spuler, 1898

The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species.[2] It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1857. These moths tend to be rather small with a wingspan of up to 21 mm. The wings are held folded over the body at rest. The larvae are concealed feeders, either as leaf miners or within seeds or stems.

Genera

  • Anchimompha Clarke, 1965
  • Batrachedrodes Zimmerman, 1978
  • Desertidacna Sinev, 1988
  • Gracilosia Sinev, 1989
  • Inflataria Sinev, 1989
  • Licmocera Walsingham, 1891
  • Mompha Hübner, [1825]
    • subgenus Anybia
    • subgenus Cyphophora
    • subgenus Lophoptilus
    • subgenus Psacaphora
  • Moriloma Busck, 1912
  • Palaeomystella T. B. Fletcher, 1940
  • Patanotis Meyrick, 1913
  • Phalaritica Meyrick, 1913
  • Semeteria Sinev, 1989
  • Synallagma Engel, 1907
  • Zapyrastra Meyrick, 1889


Former genera

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1308749 entry